West Henderson is on a 14-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while North Iredell is on a eight-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The West Henderson Falcons will host the North Iredell Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
West Henderson is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Carson.
West Henderson had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-14, 25-7, 25-16.
Joelie Humiston and Arden Sullivan were among the main playmakers for West Henderson as the former had nine digs and two aces and the latter had eight digs. Humiston has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times she's played.
West Henderson was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, North Iredell faced Kings Mountain in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Everything went North Iredell's way against Kings Mountain as North Iredell made off with a 3-0 victory.
North Iredell never let Kings Mountain on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-16, 26-24.
West Henderson's win bumped their record up to 24-2. As for North Iredell, their victory bumped their record up to 28-2.
West Henderson came up short against North Iredell when the teams last played back in August of 2022, falling 3-1. Can West Henderson avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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